Malacanang on former US Ambassador Kristie Kenney ‘s views on Aquino

The unbecoming cable assessment of former United States ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney on President Benigno Aquino III when he was a senator was "clearly wrong". This was stated by a Malacañang official said on Sunday.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte claimed that in spite of the unpleasant secret cables made by Kenney, the Palace will not do anything against the US ambassador.

"You can ask anybody, the assessment is clearly wrong. You can see it in the performance of the President," Valte said.

According to Kenney, she described the former senator Aquino as "diffident and unassertive" when he was still running for presidency in 2010.

The comments were published by an anti-secrecy website Wikileaks.

The series of cable was filed by Kenney after Aquino visited the US envoy at her home in January 2010.

Kenney, who was unimpressed with the son of late democracy icon and former President Corazon Aquino, said Aquino "left the impression of a diffident, unassertive man continuing a political tradition handed on by his parents but not carving his own legacy."

Last years ranking out of 178 countries we are 134 and this year we are 129 out of 183 countries. Tataas talaga ranking natin dahil dumami yung number ng countries at dumami ang corrupt na bansa. In reality mas talamak ang corruption ngayon than last two years.